Mason And Risch Serial Number List
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As I mentioned in Part 1, when Bill Bartram showed me theMason and Hamlin reed organ now in our possession, and offered it to me, I knewless than next to nothing about reed organs. I didn’t even know enough to photograph it properly to begin to researchit. I took a couple of photographs withmy blackberry, with its less than adequate camera, and began to do someresearch. As the instrument is now at mydad’s, and I won’t be there until this weekend, these are the only photos Ihave at present. I have since learnedthat it is imperative to photograph every step of the restoration, making noteof where every part of the action, every screw, and every little part goes. Many of the amateur restorers whose websitescan easily be found have excellent photo-journals of their efforts. So, the first step was to find out something about theinstrument and I set about that task with the few photos that I had.
Now I maynot know much about mechanical things, and I may only be a mediocre musician,but I am a professionally trained historian. While I have not been able to date the instrument as of yet, as I don’thave the complete information in front of me for that, I began to use theinformation I had, went to the music library at the University of Toronto,consulted several handbooks (including the two very useful books by Gellerman),and looked at inventories, registries and vintage catalogues, online. I have also received a bit of help from thefriendly online community of reed organ restorers and enthusiasts.Mason and Hamlin name, with Mason Risch & Newcombe, below. From the information at hand, here is what I havegleaned. The easy part: It is a Masonand Hamlin reed organ, the lettering above the stops identifies it assuch.
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Mason and Hamlin were one of the premiermanufacturers of reed organs from the mid-nineteenth century onward. They continue to manufacture very finequality pianos. The firm was founded in. Henry Mason was the son of the greatLowell Mason, the esteemed nineteenth century American musical educator andchurch musician. Lowell Mason arrangedand harmonized many of the familiar traditional tunes used still used in modernhymnbooks. The Canadian Anglican hymnal Common Praise has 8 tunes arranged byhim (look them up!). The interestingthing about this Mason and Hamlin organ, though, is that there is an additionalname below the stops and above the keyboard: “Mason, Risch, and Newcombe,Toronto” -presumably, a Canadian agentor distributor.
Indeed, a browse at the for this firm reveals that they began business as an importerof instruments in 1871, which they seem to have done exclusively for the firstsix years until they began building pianos in 1877. The third partner, Newcombe, left around thattime. As his name is on the imprint on thisinstrument, we might therefore postulate a possible date of 1871-1877. It is of course possible, that instrumentsstill carried his name after that date until stock was exhausted.Vienna Medal; note keyboard begins on 'C'.
Mason and Hamlin was known for showing off theiraccomplishments and many of their organs feature replicas of the medals won ininternational fairs. Some of the latermodels have what seems like at least a dozen above or to the sides of the stops. An Estey catalogue that can be viewed onlineseems to take a stab at other manufactures (like Mason and Hamlin) who proudlydisplay such honours.
This particularorgan has two medallions, one on the bass end reading Vienna 1873, the other atthe treble end which reads Paris 1867. Thus, the instrument can be no earlier than 1873 and must be dated to1873 or later. Combined with theinformation about Mason, Risch and Newcombe, this suggests a possible dating ofc. The other factor in datingis that most of these organs have serial numbers. According to Gellerman’s reed organ atlas,though, dating Mason and Hamlin organs from serial numbers can be a trickybusiness as they were often not assigned sequentially and are thus unreliableas the only evidence for a date. I amnot as yet familiar enough as to how numbering was assigned and where thenumbers are to be found.
The inside ofthe back of the case has the number 5696 stamped in black, and the action has 9107stamped in black. There is a label onthe inside bass side of the case that I was not able to get a good look at, butwill examine more closely this weekend. I suspect a serial number might befound there. Some restorers have notedthat they have found dates and signatures on the keys after disassembly. So we will keep our eyes open for such clues.
The Keyboard –the keyboard is a C to C keyboard. Manyreed organs are F to F. I wondered whythe difference. I posted the question onone of the Reed Organ internet forums, and Casey Pratt, a very kind andknowledgeable expert shared that F – F keyboards were typically marketed forpersonal, parlour use. C – C keyboards were marketed to professional organists(and presumably institutions).
The European harmoniums were C – C instrumentswhereas the earlier M&H melodiums were C-C. Perhaps they weretrying to draw some kind of connection with these European instruments (for the sake ofprestige?).Stops, some out of order, I think, and some missing. The Stops - Thefirst think I noticed was that the Vox Humana stop (which works a fan-likemechanism that creates a vibrato sound) had smaller “on” and “off” stops oneach side. Looking at many photos inbooks and online I found a few that were similar, but the majority of reedorgans out there simply operate using a single Vox Humana stop. I couldn’t find any explanation of this.
Once again the folks on the reed organ forumwere helpful. The Vox stop on this organ is simply a “front” with no mechanismof its own. The Vox Humana is actuallyoperated by these “on” and “off” mini-stops. I note that this seems to be a feature on several other Mason and Hamlinreed organs. I wonder why thisparticular method to control the Vox Humana was used in some cases but not inothers. Another question for theexperts, I suppose.